Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great coverage of you project Chris! Leo > On Oct 31, 2022, at 11:01 AM, Christopher Crawford <chris at > chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > > I'll do the same thing I do with all of my work: Sell prints if anyone > wants them. I can't give my work away during my lifetime; I need to make a > living. This project has been expensive. I'm not sure how much I have > spent just for the hospital project, but my Polaroid work as a whole has > cost me nearly $4000 so far. Most of that has come from donations I've > received, but some has come from print sales. Even if all the film had > been paid for by patrons, I'd still need to sell prints so I can pay my > other bills and expenses in life. I live with my son, who has told me that > I'll never have to work for a living again; but I try to pay for my > photography materials and equipment and costs like my adobe subscription > myself. I don't want to be a burden. I have a lot of serious health > problems, which is why I live with him. > > When I die, I will likely give my work to some place like the Indiana > State Museum. Hopefully that won't be any time soon, but given the poor > state of my health, there's no guarantees. > > -- > Chris Crawford > Fine Art Photography > Fort Wayne, Indiana > > 260-437-8990 > > https://chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > https://sx70project.com The Polaroid SX-70 Project > > https://crawfordphotoschool.com Learn From Me > > ?On 10/31/22, 11:27 AM, "LUG on behalf of Aram Langhans via LUG" > <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of > lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > > Very nice coverage by the news media. And a great collection of > photos. Do you have any plans for them after? Submitting them to a > historical museum? > > And nice to put a face to the name. > > Aram > > On 10/27/2022 6:51:49, Christopher Crawford wrote: >> Last Friday, one of Fort Wayne's TV stations did a story about my project >> documenting the demolition of Saint Joseph Hospital in downtown Fort >> Wayne using my Polaroid SX-70 camera. >> >> >> >> You can see the video on YouTube here: >> >> https://youtu.be/smJvKfK-LxM >> >> >> >> and the 23 photos I have done so far are on my website here: >> >> https://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-results.php?category=130&secondary=268 >> >> >> >> >> > -- > Aram Langhans > (Semi) Retired Science Teacher > & Unemployed photographer > > ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin > himself would ever have dared dream.? > James D. Watson > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information